假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间要交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下短文。短文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在下面写出该加的词。
删除:把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改:在错的词下面一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意:1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
Most young people had ever wanted to be famous singers or musicians. They have dreamed of playing in front of the audience. Honest speaking, many people attach great importance on becoming rich and famous.
Many musicians meet and form the band. They may start a group of high school students. At first, they may play to passer-by in the street or subway. Later, they may give performances in pubs or clubs. Of course they want to make a lot of money.
However, there was one band called the Monkees that started in a different way. It began as a TV show. The TV organizers had planned to find four rock musicians, so they could find only one. They had to use actors which had to rely on other musicians to help them. They just pretended to singing. Their performances were soon successful and popular, and after a year or so, the Monkees began to play with and sing their own songs like a real band.
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或看括号内单词的正确形式。
Do you know the former President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela? He 1.(flight) for black people and was 2.prison for almost thirty years. He helped black people to get same rights as white people.
Elias was a students in a school. Because his family couldn’t afford 3.(pay) the school fees, he had to drop out of school. Then he found a job in a gold mine and he worried about 4.he would be out of work. It was during this difficult period of time 5.he met Nelson Mandela for the first time, 6.had opened a law firm to advise poor black people on their legal problems.
At that time, black people had no rights 7.(vote) and their living places were decided by white people. Nelson Mandela said to Elias that they were put into a position 8.they had either to accept they were less important, or flight the government. So they decided to use 9.(violent). Though Elias didn’t like it, he helped Nelson Mandela blow up some government buildings. He knew 10.was dangerous to do so, but he also knew it would help them realize their dream of making black and white people equal.
When I heard my name pronounced by the teacher, I knew what lay ahead. She called me to the whiteboard to _____a long division (除法) problem. Math was my _____subject. When doing a long division problem, I always _____put the numbers in the wrong places, _____forgot to add in the zeros.
As I _____the whiteboard, I looked at the blonde haired girl next to me, trying to _____what she was writing. _____I tried my best, she went faster than I could understand. Impossible to understand. Why me? Why couldn’t I wrap my mind around this strange concept that all the other kids understood? Why, even when I _____my hardest to deal with the division problems?
Why? Why?
I _____back salty tears and wrote some numbers randomly (随便地) on the board. The teacher read over our answers silently.
“Now, class, Susie did this problem absolutely correctly.”
“As for Tara,” the teacher said, _____her eyes, “Gosh, I don’t _____know what she did.”
The class burst into _____, and I felt my face turned _____as I tried to sink as low as possible into my seat, hoping to _____them from seeing me at all. However, after class my teacher wrote me a note, _____, “No one will care how you feel, unless you _____yourself to succeed.”
This _____from middle school is the most impressive and the only one I can remember. The experience made me feel stronger, and gave me _____. When I get a _____grade in school, or am put down by somebody, I think of that moment and every single one of those whys that I asked myself, which gives me the willingness to _____all of those whys and continue until perfection, or as close as I can get.
1.A. find B. do C. make D. examine
2.A. favorite B. best C. worst D. last
3.A. repeatedly B. carefully C. directly D. reasonably
4.A. nor B. so C. or D. but
5.A. moved B. approached C. used D. returned
6.A. guess B. imagine C. think D. copy
7.A. If B. Unless C. Though D. Because
8.A. suggested B. asked C. admitted D. tried
9.A. gave B. went C. held D. cut
10.A. rolling B. closing C. focusing D. opening
11.A. even B. never C. hardly D. still
12.A. anger B. laughter C. cheering D. enjoyment
13.A. puzzled B. annoyed C. pale D. red
14.A. protect B. judge C. prevent D. differ
15.A. saying B. writing C. showing D. persuading
16.A. force B. allow C. forbid D. hope
17.A. accident B. problem C. promise D. memory
18.A. determination B. explanation C. frustration D. imagination
19.A. big B. bad C. little D. good
20.A. get B. answer C. see D. find
The Science of Earthquakes
1.
The surface of the earth is divided into different pieces. These are called tectonic plates (构造板块). When two plates suddenly slip past one another, an earthquake happens. This shakes the ground and everything on it.
What cause earthquakes and where do they happen?
2.They are inner core, outer core, mantle (地幔) and the earth’s crust (地壳). The crust and the top of the mantle make up a think skin on the surface of the planet. But this skin is not all in one piece. It is actually made up of many tectonic plate. They are like puzzle pieces. These pieces are always sliding around and bumping into each other. Sometimes their edges get stuck together. When this happens, the rest of the plate keeps moving. Eventually the edges come unstuck. 3..
Why does the earth shake when there is an earthquake?
Earthquakes send out waves in all directions. When they reach the earth’s surface, they shake the ground. 4.The P wave squeezes and stretches the earth. The S wave shake it up and down.
5.
Scientists use special tools to record and measure earthquakes. These tools are called seismographs. Recordings from seismographs tell scientists when and where an earthquake took place. They can also tell scientists the size of an earthquake.
A. How are earthquakes recorded?
B. That is when an earthquake happens.
C. There are different types of earthquake waves.
D. What is an earthquake?
E. The earth has four main layers (层).
F. Can scientists predict earthquakes?
G. Scientists can tell where an earthquake took place by studying the P and S waves.
I first began experiencing anxiety and depression (抑郁) at the age of 14, after being bullied (欺凌) at school for years. While at first anxiety and depression would came and go, it eventually became a constant part of my life.
I was so eager to find the solution to overcoming my anxiety and depression that I tried everything from when I in college to graduate school: mood-changing medication (药物), special teas, yoga, anything I read about in books, and advice given by doctors. Despite this, I still felt I hadn’t even come close to managing the problem.
But one afternoon, my eyes fell upon an article in a magazine I was reading the talked about how dogs were able to help people with anxiety and depression. The very next day, I decide to get a dog—a corgi. When I brought my little corgi. Buddy, home, I didn’t realize how much he would change my life.
Once the “puppy excitement” went away, my anxiety and depression came back as usual. One morning, I woke up with those familiar feeling again. I didn’t want to get out of bed. I turned to pull the covers back over my head and gave up. That’s when I saw Buddy.
Buddy started jumping all over me, licking my face, letting me know that it was time to go outside. It was as if he were saying, “There’s no time to be sad, the world is amazing!” And for the first time in my life, my life was changing. I really was a new person. This was my new beginning.
It’s been more than a year since that day, and I’ve never spent another morning unable to get out of bed. I’ve not cried myself to sleep or spent my days stuck with fear and regret. Sure, I still have days when I feel sad or anxious. But with Buddy, my best friend, by my side, I’ve finally learned how to manage these feelings and emotions.
1.Which cannot describe the author before she got a corgi?
A. Anxious. B. Depressed. C. Hopeful. D. Fearful.
2.How did the author know having a dog might help with her depression?
A. She read about it by chance.
B. She knew it from her doctors.
C. She knew it after having a dog.
D. She knew it from her friend.
3.Which is closest in meaning to the underlined words “stuck with” in the last paragraph?
A. please with B. unable to move
C. unable to get ride of D. free of
4.What is the best title for the passage?
A. Dogs Are Our Best Friends
B. Pet Dogs Can Be the Best Cure
C. How to Overcome Depression
D. Getting Rid of Depression Is a Piece of Cake
There have been nine secetary0generals of the United Nations (联合国秘书长) since the first one was appointed (任命) in 1946. But somehow, Kofi Annan has been the one that people tend to remember the best.
Annan, born in Ghana, was the first black African to ever hold the job. And he won a Nobel Peace Prize in 2001. Just as the New York Times put it, Annan “redefined (重新定义) the UN”.
During those 10 years—from 1997 to 2006—the world was at its worst. This period witnessed the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999, the Sept. 11 attacks of 2001, and the US’s invasion (侵略) of Iraq in 2003.
On its own, the UN has little power. However, Annan combined that power with his own to achieve great things. He kept the world from falling apart from attacks and wars. He also fought for women’s rights and the educational rights of children, and fought against the spread of HIV in Africa.
It was because of these things that he and the UN were awarded a Nobel Peace Prize in 2001, for their work toward “a better organized and a more peaceful world”. Annan also put “people” at the center of everything the UN does. He took the trouble to relate to (建立联系) others—young or old, senior or junior, ambassador (大使) or security guard (保安).
Maybe what Annan did was more than just redefine the UN. Indeed, as Antonio Guterres, current secretary-general of the UN, said, “In many ways, Kofi Annan was the UN.”
1.According to the passage, we can learn that ______.
A. secretary-generals are not usually remembered by people
B. people believe that Annan has been the best leader of Ghana
C. Annan is the only black man to win the Noble Peace Prize
D. Annan is the first black African secretary-general of the UN
2.The underlined word can be replaced by “______”.
A. saw B. made
C. prevented D. happened
3.What did Annan do to redefine the UN?
A. Women and children were kept from being attacked.
B. He stopped the spread of HIV and found the cure for AIDS in Africa.
C. He made the world a better and more peaceful place.
D. He has every country get the same rights in the UN.
4.What can be inferred from the last two paragraphs?
A. Annan has trouble in communicating with others.
B. People are believed less important than others by Annan.
C. The current leader of the UN thins highly of Annan and his great achievements.
D. People in higher position easily get more support from the leaders of the UN.
